Telecom Data Mining
 

Telecom Data Nugget: While telecommunication services are less and less expensive, the local portion of the local bill increases. Local phone rates may be higher than long distance or international. See the Consumer Price Index for telecommunication services data below.


 

Telecom facts:
 

International rates and revenues
Interstate minutes

Interstate costs
Telecom revenues
Telephone CPI 1

Telephone CPI 2
Area codes

Local loops

Employees

Wireless

Patents
Toll free numbers

Toll free revenue
High speed 1

High speed 2

High speed 3
SMS traffic
SMS revenue

CPI Telephone Service Price Indices (Base Periods:  1982-1984 = 100)

Telephone Service Price Indices

 

 

Annual Changes in Price Indices for Local and Long Distance Telephone Services
            
 Local Residential ServiceToll Service 1
 InterstateIntrastate
 CPIPPICPIPPICPIPPI
             
19781.4%3.1%-0.7%0.0%1.3%0.1%
19791.7 1.6 -0.8 -0.9 0.1 -0.7 
19807.0 7.1 3.4 5.5 -0.6 2.3 
198112.6 15.6 14.6 15.9 6.2 8.0 
198210.8 9.0 2.7 3.9 4.2 1.7 
19833.1 0.2 1.4 0.0 7.4 3.9 
198417.2 10.4 -4.3 -5.1 3.6 3.8 
19858.9 12.4 -3.7 -3.0 0.6 2.1 
19867.1 8.9 -9.4 -10.0 0.3 -3.5 
19873.3 2.6 -12.4 -11.8 -3.0 -3.0 
19884.5 4.6 -4.2 -2.1 -4.2 -3.8 
19890.6 1.9 -1.3 -1.7 -2.6 0.5 
19901.0 1.5 -3.7 -0.1 -2.2 -2.2 
19915.1 2.1 1.3 -1.3 -1.5 -2.6 
19920.5 -0.2 -1.3 1.0 -2.4 1.3 
19931.0 0.8 6.5 3.8 0.2 -1.1 
1994-0.3 0.7 5.4 6.1 -1.0 -1.4 
19952.6 2 0.1 2 -3.8 2 
19960.9 0.2 3.7 0.7 6.1 0.9 
19971.0 0.2 -4.3 7.8 2.8 -4.3 
19981.3 -0.1 -0.8 -0.4 1.5 -3.7 
19992.8 0.2 -0.7 2.3 -1.6 -2.7 
20005.5 1.6 -11.2 -4.3 -6.0 0.1 
20014.5 2.6 -2.0 -9.4 -1.7 1.7 
20025.3 1.6 -5.9 -18.4 -6.1 -0.3 
20032.6 2.0 -10.9 -2.5